bush

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʊʃ/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /bʉʃ/ Rhymes: -ʊʃ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English bush, from Old English *busċ, *bysċ (“copse, grove, scrub”, in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Doublet of bosque. ==== Noun ==== bush (plural bushes) (horticulture) A woody plant distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, being usually less than six metres tall; a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category. Synonym: shrub A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree. (historical) A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself. (slang, vulgar) A person's pubic hair, especially a woman's. [from 1745] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pubic hair (hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bush (third-person singular simple present bushes, present participle bushing, simple past and past participle bushed) (intransitive) To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. To set bushes for; to support with bushes. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush. To become bushy (often used with up). === Etymology 2 === From the sign of a bush usually employed to indicate such places. ==== Noun ==== bush (plural bushes) (archaic) A tavern or wine merchant. ===== Derived terms ===== good wine needs no bush === Etymology 3 === From older Dutch bosch (modern bos (“wood, forest”)), first appearing in the Dutch colonies to designate an uncleared district of a colony, and thence adopted in British colonies as bush. Could alternatively be interpreted as a semantic loan, as bush (etymology 1) is cognate to the aforementioned archaic Dutch bosch. ==== Noun ==== bush (countable and uncountable, plural bushes) (often with "the") Tracts of land covered in natural vegetation that are largely undeveloped and uncultivated. (Australia) The countryside area of Australia that is less arid and less remote than the outback; loosely, areas of natural flora even within conurbations. (New Zealand) An area of New Zealand covered in forest, especially native forest. (Canada) The wild forested areas of Canada; upcountry. (Canada) A wood lot or bluff on a farm. Synonym: bushlot Hyponym: sugarbush ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== bushman (not derived from bush but separately derived from cognate Dutch) ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: bush, bushbush ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== backblock, outback ==== Adverb ==== bush (not comparable) (Australia) Towards the direction of the outback. === Etymology 4 === Back-formation from bush league. ==== Adjective ==== bush (comparative more bush, superlative most bush) (colloquial) Not skilled; not professional; not major league. ==== Noun ==== bush (baseball) Amateurish behavior, short for bush league behavior === Etymology 5 === From Middle Dutch busse (“box; wheel bushing”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā. More at box. ==== Noun ==== bush (plural bushes) A thick washer or hollow cylinder of metal. A mechanical attachment, usually a metallic socket with a screw thread, such as the mechanism by which a camera is attached to a tripod stand. A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. ===== Synonyms ===== (washer or cylinder): bushing ===== Related terms ===== reducing bush ==== Verb ==== bush (third-person singular simple present bushes, present participle bushing, simple past and past participle bushed) (transitive) To furnish with a bush or lining; to line. === References === === Anagrams === hubs, husb., Shub == Albanian == === Alternative forms === bushk === Etymology 1 === Either borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin buxus, or from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH (“to grow”) (compare Dutch bos (“woods”), English bush). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /buʃ/ ==== Noun ==== bush m (plural bushe, definite bushi, definite plural bushet) (botany) boxwood (Buxus sempervirens) ===== Derived terms ===== bushtë bushnjesh bushk === Etymology 2 === Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH (“to grow”). ==== Noun ==== bush m (plural busha, definite bushi, definite plural bushat) a mythological swamp dwelling monster which takes the form of a steer ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bushtër ===== Related terms ===== bisht === References === === Further reading === “bush”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 == Antigua and Barbuda Creole English == === Noun === bush (plural bush dem, quantified bush) bush, bushland == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === bushu, bushtu === Etymology === Compare Romanian buș. === Noun === bush m (plural bush) or n (plural bushi/bushe) fist ==== Synonyms ==== shub, pulmu, huftã, mãnatã == Burushaski == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [buʃ] === Noun === bush بشنگو (bushongo) pl cat === See also === gus bush hir bush bushe isko === References === Sadaf Munshi (2015), “Word Lists”, in Burushaski Language Documentation Project‎[4]. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === buss, bosh, buish, boish, busk, bosk === Etymology === From Old English *busċ, *bysċ, from Proto-West Germanic *busk. Cognates include Middle Dutch bosch, busch, Middle High German busch, bosch, and also Old French bois, buisson. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /buʃ/ === Noun === bush (plural bushes) bush (low-lying plant) ==== Descendants ==== English: bush Scots: bus Yola: bushe ==== References ==== “bush, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.